Jose Fonte says Andre Marriner should have been ‘punished’ for Kieran Gibbs howler

Jose Fonte has blasted the decision to appoint Andre Marriner to referee Southampton’s clash with Newcastle United at St Mary’s this afternoon.

The Saints defender is furious that Marriner, who sent-off the wrong player last weekend when he dismissed Kieran Gibbs instead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, has been let of without punishment for a ‘very, very bad’ mistake.

Marriner was severely criticised after a case of mistaken identity in which he dismissed Gibbs instead of Oxlade-Chamberlain, for a deliberate handball, in the first half of Arsenal’s 6-0 humiliation at Chelsea.

However, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited refused to suspend Marriner and instead gave him the game at Southampton.